All Pets at Home articles – Page 15
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Analysis
Analysis: How weather impacts supply chain fulfilment
Unpredictable weather is adding risk for supply chain heads. Jon Severs finds out how retailers are responding to unexpected weather conditions and the methods they are using to forecast demand.
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Analysis
Analysis: How portcentric distribution is transforming supply chains
For some retailers, portcentric distribution is an appealing option with leading names such as Marks & Spencer, Asda and Tesco fully committed to the model, while others are adopting it on a short-term trial basis for seasonal lines. Simon Jack analyses its pros and cons.
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News
Bonmarché to float next week as retail IPOs gather pace
Bonmarché is poised to list on the AIM stock exchange next week as a flurry of retailers seek to take advantage of the City’s growing appetite for offerings from the sector.
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News
Pets at Home hires investment bankers as it plots float
Pets at Home is the latest retailer gearing up to float on the stock market after it hired investment banks to lead a £1.5bn listing.
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Opinion
Comment: Seamless customer service is key to retail loyalty
For retailers, these are times of continuing dramatic change. Happily, another constant factor is the quality of the people we employ.
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Analysis
Analysis: Prime and secondary rents are transforming retail parks
Polarisation remains the theme for retail parks, as prime rents hold up and secondary rents are on a downward trajectory, finds Mark Faithfull.
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News
Dogs show off fur coats for Pets At Home's alternative fashion week
London Fashion Week attracted all the top fashion names this season - Burberry, Tom Ford and…Pets At Home.
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Opinion
Comment: Old-fashioned customer service goes a long way in retail
The battle between online and multichannel retailers shows no sign of abating, despite the Government seemingly dismissing the call for an online sales tax.
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Analysis
Using bank data in targeted offers: What do retailers need to know?
Several retailers have signed up to a bank data-driven marketing service. Retail Week takes a closer look.
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News
Pets at Home profits surge after a focus on customers and services
Pets at Home has broken the £100m EBITDA barrier for the first time after focusing on service and its customer offer.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Pets at Home brings stores to life
Pets at Home has a specialist offer, a service-led proposition and a ‘free zoo’ to entice shoppers. John Ryan visits the Friern Barnet store.
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Analysis
The pets market: What do retailers need to know?
Competition in the growing pets market is likely to step up as etailer Ocado launches a standalone site.
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Analysis
At a glance: The UK pets retail market
As Ocado readies itself for an assault on the pet market with the launch of ecommerce site Fetch next month, Retail Week takes a look at this growing sector.
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Analysis
Analysis: Who is Pets At Home's new acquisition, veterinary practice Vets4Pets?
Veterinary firm Vets4Pets is set for growth after Retail Week revealed yesterday it had been bought by specialist retailer Pets At Home.
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News
Pets at Home acquires veterinary business Vets4Pets
Pets at Home has acquired veterinary business Vets4Pets as it aims to extend its veterinary arm to more than 500 in-store and standalone practices.
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Analysis
Analysis: There’s more than one way to keep the tills ringing
Tesco turned up the pressure on price again this week with its Price Promise scheme. But price isn’t everything.
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News
Retail Week Live: Retailers should shout about staff skills, say Pets At Home
Specialist retailers should employ staff with specialist knowledge, according to the people director of Pets At Home, Ryan Cheyne.
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News
Halfords appoints Pets at Home's Rob Swyer as its retail director
Halfords has poached Pets at Home business development director Rob Swyer, who follows his former boss Matt Davies to the car parts and bikes retailer.
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News
Pet specialist Pets at Home to launch in-store magazine
Pets at Home will launch a magazine this Easter, which it says will be the UK’s biggest circulating pet-centred magazine available across its 330-store estate.